Reality Distorters: planetary personalities on the Upper East Side

REALITY DISTORTERS


Some people are planets. Some neighborhoods are solar systems.

The Upper East Side has attracted an extraordinary constellation of people who refused to live by the usual rules. They invented personas, worlds, fashions, fortunes and fantasies of their own — and left their gravity on New York.

Tom Wolfe
Spike Lee
Bernie Madoff
Bob Guccione
Gloria Steinem
Harry Houdini
Nora Ephron
Diane von Furstenberg
& more


 

 

Scheduled Tour
Times
Flexible/on request - contact me!
Tour Length
2:00
Languages
English
Links
Reality Distorters
Tour Presented By
Merriwether Williams I’m Merriwether. I grew up on the Upper West Side, left New York, and then did what so many people do—came right back. Why? Because I love it. Always have, always will.

I'm a storyteller by trade (two Emmys to prove it), and I love nothing more than the collisions of characters that make this city unlike anywhere else. In a city of 8.5 million people, there's an endless supply of eccentric, absurd, and hilarious encounters that you just can't make up. Let’s walk and talk!

www.merriwetherwalkandtalk.com

Are you looking for something that really pulls you in?

Try my interactive game tours—but fair warning: there’s no sitting on the sidelines.

NO PHONES. NO AI. Just your wits and wisdom.

www.sublimeandstinkystories.com

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